Server 2003 demote DC keep DNS

I have several Domain Controllers. Mostly Server 2008 R2. However, I still have two Domain Controllers with Server 2003 that I want to Demote; I need to keep the DNS after the demotion.

There are still many Static IP Servers pointing to it for DNS resolution as well as other devices. I want to eventually change their settings to the newer 2008 R2 Domain Controllers with DNS. But for now I need these two Server 2003 Domain Controller to serve up DNS until they are all changed.

I can't wait until I get everything moved. I need to demote now and move DNS later.
Step by Step on how I keep my DNS please. After the Demotion I know the DNS will be gone. I'm looking for step by step on how to keep the DNS exactly the same way. I can't have any down time outside the demotion and DNS repair.
Thanks

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you would need to configure the domain controller(s) for zone transfers of the zones you want to transfer
on the 2003 servers, add a zone as secondary and specify one of the domain controllers that have the zone transfer enabled

dons6718 - DNS is still installed but there is nothing in it. It is not useful at this point. I'm trying to make it useful with the domains DNS entries. It will still be the DNS server everyone else is hitting. It needs to be able to respond with useful information.

Seth - Sounds like the right track. The link shows me how to modify DNS zone transfer settings. And I'm sure that is what I need to do. However, I'm looking for a step by step solution. So I demote the 2003 server; restart it; now what. Where do I go to modify DNS zone transfer? Is that all I need to do? After I modify the DNS zone transfer it will work. I'm missing the steps.

it's a 2 step process - allow zone transfer on the other domain controller and add the zone as secondary on the demoted 2003 server

on the 2008 server, open the dns console, right click on a zone and select properties
click the zone transfer tab
check the box to allow zone transfers and check the option you want to either allow transfer to any server or you can restrict to only allow the servers you want

once that is done, open the dns console on the 2003 server, right click on the server and select new zone
you fill in the info as far as the name, etc. but for zone type it will have 4 options - primary, secondary, stub and AD integrated; select secondary. it will ask for the master server to transfer to, put the address of the 2008 server you just allowed the zone transfer on

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